I don't know of any 'good' that has come of this fire other than this year's story line from Br Ba (AMC TV's Breaking Bad) which utilized actual scenes shot from the KOBtv NEWS helicopter of the fire to portray an Albuquerque airplane crash. Marla Tellez announces the crash, while the camera opens and pans over the smoldering wreckage of the Apartment Fire. And, no one was hurt that memorable night last summer.

Within the last two weeks, the apartments have been totally razed...In case youi have not driven by lately, here are some pictures of how the Castle is looking now...

To view an entire Picasa Picture Gallery of photographs taken the night of the tragic fire, click the image below:

It is hard to look at these photos for many reasons, but one thing that always comes to mind when I see demolition of a structure is whether there was anything worth salvaging - period hardware, doorknobs, and even wood that was not fire/smoke or water damaged. I guess that is just the environmental ethicist in me - it seems a pity to just topple everything by brute force and cart it off to who knows where. I know that economically demolition is cheaper, but is it sounder environmentally?

I'm with you, BB. I did notice that Coronado is doing the demo, and they do recycle. But with the structure deemed unsafe by the inspectors, they may not have allowed any recyling prior to demo. Maybe they can retrieve metal things like door knobs from the rubble. It makes me sick to look at it. If I had been a survivor of the fire, I would not try to see any of the remains. Re-living the pain, wounds too deep.

Also, just to be a nit picker, it was the Huning Castle Apartments, not to be confused with Huning Highland, which is on the east side of the rail road tracks, where EDO is.